The Sun. — London, England, 1836-11-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. There is a leading article in the Times of yes terday on a subject not exactly of a description coming within the range of topics which custom has assigned to that department of a newspaper. It alludes to " certain reports with reference to a club at the west end of the town," and observes, hat " in justice to the Nobleman alluded to (in the reports) it should be stated that his Lordship has _been most warmly wel= corned on his return by persons of the first considera tion in the kingdom, and that he has been guided by the advice of those distinguished persons in deter mining the course to be adopted." This . mysterious allusion, and the interest taken in the affair by our Morning Contemporary, are calculated to excite a de sire for some explicit information with regard to the subject of the reports ; and attention having been thus formally called to them, a searching and thorough examination of all the facts connected with the case will be demanded by the public, and must be anxiously wished for by the parties concerned. In common with other journalists, we have often called the attention of the police offices to the nests of swindlers who fleece and rob the youth of the metropolis, at the places not in- • appropriately called " Hells," in the neighbourhood of St. James's-street. When rumours that nefarious practices exist even in the Clubs in the same neigh bourhood, the exclusive resort of the noble and the wealthy, it is due to the public that the most rigorous investigation should take place, that, if unfounded, a satisfactory refutation should at once be given. So far from sanctioning the slander against any of the parties, w e will say, that though names, places, and circum stances have been stated to us, we have carefully ab stained from any mention of the subject, as we could not bring ourselves to believe in the reports ; and we should not, therefore, have now alluded to them had not the public attention been so pointedly called by other parties to the case. The circumstances have been either known or talked of by persons " in society" in the West end of the town for the last month. At a party at whist at a most fashionable Club some time ago, of which four individuals, two of them titled, were partners, it was discovered, or supposed to be discovered, by one of the gentlemen who had been a considerable loser, that the aces and some other of the higher cards, were marked in the two packs of cards then in use at the table. The only expression which fell from the discoverer at the time was, " This is too bad ; these cards are marked." Fresh cards were called for, and the marked cards given to the waiter to be sealed up, as it should seem, for subsequent investigation. It is not for us to ex plain by what extraordinary infatuation the parties se parated without demanding an investigation on the spot ; but be that as it may, none appears to have been called for or instituted. One of the individuals, a Noble Lord, went subsequently abroad. In his ab sence the transaction was much talked of, and, of course, became the subject of many surmises and re ports. Anonymous letters, referring, it is said, to former transactions, containing injurious suspicions, and making free with the name of one individual, were quoted. His friends are said to have insisted on his return, to call the parties to account who had been busy with his reputation ; and some article published in a weekly journal, directly imputing the most frau dulent practices to him, made it absolutely necessary that some steps should be taken to clear up the mat ter. We have already said that we entirely dis claim the belief, that persons of the rank, and in the situation of the parties implicated by this rumour could possibly be guilty of the low and base conduct imputed to them, nor do we see the justice of singling out one Nobleman of the party present on the occasion as the only individual on whose behalf justice demands an open inquiry. With respect to another titled in dividual, we do not know which of the Noble Lords bearing his name was unfortunate enough to be pre sent ; but we have that deep feeling of respect for the high honour and principles which have invariably dis tinguished the character of one Nobleman of the name and family, to feel assured that no imputation cotild attach to his conduct ; and he is more than any one called upon to see that the mystery of this transaction is satisfactorily cleared up. We understand that the proceeding now intended is by action against the Journal in which a highly-coloured, and probably false or exaggerated, description of the transaction wads first published. But will that be satisfactory ? The whole description may be proved a tissue of false hoods ; and yet the real transaction may remain un explained. We have heard it said—Why not refer the whole case to some committee of gentlemen, who can hear all the parties that suppose themselves ag grieved in this case, or state themselves to have been aggrieved by former transactions of the same character —who can make inquiry into the anonymous letters, and thoroughly sift all the circumstances connected with a system either of slander against innocent individuals, or of fraud which would disgrace the lowest gambling house in London ? Of one thing we are certain, that any attempt to patch up the affair will be most cruel to the gentlemen whose names are mixed up with it, and disgraceful to the character of the club at which it is said to have taken place. We detest gambling of all descriptions, either at the hells or the clubs of the aris tocracy ; but in this instance we think " the order" as much bound by interest as by feeling of what is due to the rising generation to see that they are protected in their resorts against practices which, even if true, cannot be reached by the police, like common nui sances.—Morning Chronicle. The Lord Chancellor's proceedings, in reference to Mr. Lechmere Charlton, as reported in Saturday's paper, appear to us deserving of some notice. How far a summary power of commitment for what is called " a contempt of Court" (except in such cases as in volve a palpable infraction of rules and injunctions respecting wards), is to be disparaged as one of the relics of Star-Chamber feudalism, or valued as a wise provision for upholding the Chancery tribunal in pro per reverence and authority, is a question which we do not now discuss. On such a point there will pro bably exist a considerable difference of opinion ; but of this at least there can be no doubt, that while the respect due to such an important institute ought un questionably to be maintained and enforced by all or any means which do not expose the liberty of the subject to arbitrary infringement, it is indispensable to the desired end, not only that a judicial adminis tration should be so pure, deliberate, and dignified as to render suspicion impossible in any quarter, but that the exercise of its penal power in cases of alleged contempt should be distinguished by such clear righte ousness and impartiality on the part of the Judge, as alone can justify his interference, and vindicate his claim to the confidence and respect of the country. To the Lord Chancellor, as far as regards the par ticular case before us, we arc bound to give credit for the utmost propriety of purpose : but, known as it is, both to ourselves and his Lordship, that the infirmi ties of human nature, especially when acted on by political prejudice, will often obtain, even in an honest mind, the unconscious and insidious entertainment which temporarily diverts it from its otherwise un exceptionable course, we cannot but feel that as the unfortunate circumstance of this fracas having arisen out of a political question about Corporation funds, which two of the parties as Government sup porters may be not wholly indisposed to view in a particular way, must greatly embarrass the charitable disposition of the public to ratify the extremity to which the Court of Chancery has carried it ; so, on the other hand, Mr. Charlton, while equally entitled to all allowances on the score of infirmity mixed up with conscious rectitude of purpose, seems to have pos sessed a proportionally strong claim rather upo n his Lordship's powers of forbearance and admonition than upon those of sarcasm and imprisonment. To say the truth, we cannot admire very much either the taste or the law of this affair. Mr. Charlton, it seems, had the temerity to write to the Lord Chancellor, telling him that his power had a limit beyond which he durst not exercise it. Now, we are just as sure that no dispassionate person will attempt to defend this language, as that no magnanimous Judge would dream of resenting it. A judicial station can never appear more truly venerable in the public eye than when able to exercise an elevated and charitable indif ference to the mere ebullitions of temper which some times escape from the victims placed within its power ; nor is that power ever so truly honoured as when used with a bstemiousness and moderation. Lord Cot tenham, we fear, has yet to be taught this ; for on no other principle call we account for the apparent animus with which (alluding to Mr. Charlton's defiance) he announced in a spirit of sarcastic and undignified retaliation his determination to let that gentleman ex perience in prison the power he had dared to challenge. On the point of law it is not our intention to insi nuate either that Mr. Charlton has not partially in curred its sanctions, or that his noble and learned punisher has overstepped his legal authority. 'But au►o►;g the catalogue of precedents wherewith his Lordship sought to justify his procedure, was one in which an individual had been committed to the Fleet for contempt of Court in having attempted to corrupt a Judge with a present of 201. Whether his Lord ship discovers any analogy between that case and Mr. Charlton's we cannot be supposed to know ; for ourselves, we can see none. The Learned Gentle man's expostulations addressed to Master Brougham is not a case of corruption in any sense ; and though it might have been more orderly, and more prudent to have complained to the Court rather than have written to the Master, yet any impartial person must see that by the latter course a►► opportunity was afforded to the inferior functionary of giving such an explanation of the apparently extraordinary circumstances therein re ferred to as might have rendered ulterior measures un necessary. The circumstances alleged by Mr. Charl ton are, we repeat, extraordinary. Any mistake or im prudence of his, in the way of urging them, will neither diminish nor increase their force. In short, they peremptorily demand explanation ; and we cannot doubt that the Court of Chancery is prepared with a better answer than merely locking up the learned gen tleman who proclaims them.—Times. The proceedings which took place at the great meet ing held at the Horns Tavern last evening, have once more placed Lambeth in the van of Reform. The resolutions which were passed, as well as the speeches in which they were supported, cannot fail to produce a sensible impression in the next session of Parliament. They express a determination to support a full mea sure of justice to Ireland—to seek a Reform in the House of Lords, and to give the utmost support to the Government, in its endeavours to carry measures cal culated to improve the condition of the people. The resolution to give equal laws to Ireland, which was pro posed, in an able and energetic speech, by Mr. M'Lcod, was received with enthusiastic applause. The utmost unanimity prevailed with respect to the necessity of making the House of Lords responsible to p►iblic opinion, and though some individuals dis sented as to the best means of carrying an or ganic change in that assembly into effect, but one feeling was manifested as to the principle of Peerage Reform. It would be impossible, in the limits of our time and space, to point out the several arguments which were urged by the different speakers ; but a reference to our report of the proeecd ings will be sufficient to strike conviction to every mind, that it is impossible to resist any longer the im pulse which the aggressive, contumelious, and insult ing conduct of the House of Lords has given to popu lar feeling. There were some persons present who were desirons of forcing the meeting into a stronger expression of opinion than that embodied in the reso lutions, not only in reference to the House of Lords, but also in regard to the Ministry ; but the good sense of the meeting prevailed over ill-timed suggestions, and the resolutions to reform the Lords—to do justice to Ireland—and to support the Ministry in its exertions to promote the welfare of the people—were carried with the strongest—we ought to say the most unanimous— expression of approbation. On the moving of the peti tion to the House of Commons, embracing the resolu tions of the meeting, the Right Hon. Tennyson D'Eyn court, M.P., and Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P., ad dressed the meeting—approving, in the strongest lan guage, the resolutions which had been passed. The former gentleman observed that if the meeting had erred in wishing to urge the Government into a more liberal course of policy, it had erred on the right side—and that the assertion that a Reform of the House of Peers could not be carried without violent means should have no weight, as that reform was now ne cessary to the welfare and safety of the country, and whatever the means, it must and ought to be carried into operation. Lambeth, he observed, had the merit of taking the initiative on this momentous question, and, there was no doubt that an echo would respond to its resolutions throughout every part of England. Mr. Hawes followed, in a speech of great ability, and shewed that if the Ministry had not introduced measures of Reform as extensive as might be de sirable, and if the representatives of the people did not urge them to a more liberal policy, the fault did not rest with the Ministers or Members of the House of Commons, but with the people themselves, who during the discussion of the most important measures of last Session, scarcely gave any manifestation of their sentiments. Where were your petitions, said the Hon. Member, addressing himself to those who demurred to the expression of confidence in Ministers —where were your petitions when the Reform mea sures of the last Session were pending ? You say Ministers and Members of the House of Commons have not done their duty—it is ye who have not done your duty, in not being more earnest and active in the support of the Ministers, when they were prevented from carrying their reforms into law. In this Mr. Hawes has reiterated the opinion, which this journal has so frequently expressed, that it is on the people, and not on Ministers or Members of the House of Commons, that devolves the onus of that exertion ne cessary to the consummation of the prineiples of Re form. We shall resume the subject, and we have no doubt that, in following the glorious example of Lam beth, the other metropolitan boroughs, and chief towns of England, will furnish abundant materials for commentary. The Peers and the people are now the opposing powers in the State—and all that is neces sary to the success of Reform is to place each party in its true position, and there cannot be a doubt of the triempli of popular opinion.—Morning Advertiser. On how many points have we had to protect public liberty from the attacks of the " Liberals ?" In these days of volatile change and " ignorant impatience" of any established and fixed principles of government, scarcely a revolution of the moon passes without bringing with it some new project of " Liberal" in novation upon old and estimable constitutional prin ciples—principles which are of the very essence of English freedom, and which have always , commanded the respect of the wisest Statesmen and the most en lightened patriots that England has ever produced. The most recent of these liberticide projects, emanating from a self-styled liberal source, is the scheme for the establishment of a rural gendarmerie, to assimilate as closely as possible free England to centralised France ; and to make the whole peasantry of our island the serfs of a central section of the Home Office, as de spotic as a Turkish Divan, and as little likely to be influenced by any Christian compunctions in the exer cise of a power so admirably adapted to purposes of oppression. On the first peeping forth of this novel and alarming scheme which is designed to carry the centralising policy of the Whigs into every village and hamlet and rural district in the king dom, we raised our warning voice against it as we did against that other unconstitutional, un christian, and most oppressive measure, the pauper grinding, and bastile-building Poor Law Bill. We are glad to find that our warnings, and those of the in dependent portion of the Press which has taken up the same cause with us, have not been in vain. In seve ral parishes of the metropolis, the public feeling has spoke n out, and now we find that the sense of consti tutional danger with which this At elo-Bourbon scheme is deeply fraught, has extended to other parts of the kingdom— . as is testified by the following paragraph which we Copy from the Berkshire Chronicle : " On zaturday last, a meeting, numerously and respect ably attended, was held at the King's Arms Inn, Malmes bury, for the purpose of considering the best means of op posing the project at present anticipated by Ministers of introducing through the country a system of gendarmerie, or rural police. Resolution s were unanimously agreed to, expressive of suspicion and distrust at such an alteration in the constabulary of the co untry as should deprive the re spectable inhabitants of a parish of the choice of constables centuries, andgive universal satisfaction c — is a ed ri l g v h it t h which has been exer esnujcohyettfebrre discretion n tu a r s and security. Though the meeting was attended by politi cians of all parties, yet but one feeling prevailed—that of indignation—the various speakers strongly denouncing the projected measure as an insidious and dangerous attack upon the liberty of the subject. A memorial, founded on the resolutions, is now lying for signature at the King's Arms Inn, and will in a few days be sent to the Secretary of State." During the number of years that we have been en gaged, regardless of party and its selfish interests, in defending constitutional principles against the encroach ing spirit of Whig or Tory ambition, or the destructive rage of Radical violence, we have met with no scheme put forward under the pretext of the public good, in which more real mischief to civil liberty and popular rights lurks than in the 'Whig project for a rural gendarmerie. The moment it was put forward we gave it as our opinion, that it was intended in the first in stance to be a powerful auxiliary in working the Central Poor Law Bill. Nor was it necessary to see the se cretary to the Central Board appointed one of the Commissioners to lead us to that conclusion, though certainly that appointment is a strong circumstance in favour of the supposition. Thus one bad measure makes another necessary. The vile Malthusian legis lation, which crushed the beneficent principle of the poor-law system of Elizabeth, instead of reforming the practical abuses of that system, has made it allsolutely necessary to create an army of police janissaries throughout the country, to work the law that has doomed every poor man to the treatment of the vagabond and the criminal—that turns the milk of cha rity into the gall of oppression—that converts the public asylums of human affliction into places of grievous bondage, where the " iron enters into the soul"—a law that severs what Christianity declares to be the indis soluble union of man and wife, wages war upon the dearest relationship within the circle of domestic love, drugs with new bitterness the cup of misfortune for those who have to drink it to the lees, and forbids the victim of poverty to seek the peace of religion on the Sabbath at those altars where he has been accustomed to solicit its consolations. Who can wonder that, while any portion of the free spirit of our ancient Constitution pervades the frame-work of society, such a law can never be carried into full and unmitigated effect ? Who can wonder that the machinery of a rural Government police is requisite to screw to the highest pressure of which it is capable so cruel and impolitic a measure? But we trust, as at Malmesbury, that politicians of all parties who have any regard for public liberty will give it their decided, but temperate and constitutional, op position.—Morning Herald. By a letter received on Saturday it appears that the Sir Edward Banks steam-packet, when going from Goree, fell in with the wreck of a vessel on the Hinder, with a number of hands on board. She proves to be the Neptunus, from Finland, laden with deals and tar. Notwithstanding the swell was very heavy, the first and second mates of the steam-packet volunteered to go to the wreck with the boats, and they succeeded in rescuing the captain and eight men from a watery grave. One poor fellow was dead in the boat. The crew had been three days on the wreck, and but for this timely assistance would have perished. The steam -yes- IPA Scotia took in tow a dismasted brig for the Brill. The Sir Edward Banks also passed a ship dismasted and water logged, but on going close to her no one was seen on board. The necessaries of life continue to rise in price, for when the price of any one article advances the others are sure to follow, although there be no justifiable cause for the rise. The tax on candles has been reduced, but they are still exorbitantly dear. Those who indulge in superfluity should curtail it, for if the general consumption were de creased, the demand for provisions would be less, and a re duction in the prices would be the consequence. There is at present living at Sutton-Veney a child, who a short time since had a father and mother, two grandfathers and two grandmothers, a great-grandfather and a great-grandmother, and a great-great-grandfather, all living at the same time. The great-great-grandfather died nearly 100 years old, all the others are still living. The great-great-grandfather's name was Brown, the child's name is Webb.— Wiltshire Independent. Jean Guerin, the once celebrated miniature painter, died recently at Obernay, to which place he retired some years ago. Guerin was born at Strasburg in 1760, and was, in his youth, the particular friend of General Kleber, who bequeathed his sword to him. Guerin was likewise on terms of intimacy with General Desaix, Moreau, Rapp, Caffarelli, and Bernadotte, now King of Sweden. The latter always remained his friend, and it is but very lately that his Majesty transmitted some marked testimonials of his regard to the humble retreat of the artist at Obernay. A gang of swindlers and impostors are making a tour, it appears, through the county of Surrey, and have levied contributions upon many of the gentry to a very con siderable amount. On Thursday evening one of the gang, who is described as being a young man of rather genteel address, went to the house of Mr. Schofield, the Mayor of Kingston, and on being introduced to that gentleman, he represented that he was the nephew of Mr. Marshall, of Godalming, with whom Mr. Schofield was acquainted, and that in consequence of a dispute with his family about a young lady whom he wished to marry, contrary to their wishes, he had left his friends and had gone to London, but being reduced to great distress he was compelled to re turn borne, and had got so far as Kingston in pursuance of that intention, and having spent all his money, he was un able to get any further. Mr. Schofield, believing the story to be correct, gave the young man 10s., and also some re freshment. The story, upon inquiry, turned out to be a complete fabrication. The Rev. Mr. Grandy, the minister of Chertscy, has also been defrauded, by another of the gang, in a similar manner. As it is believed that the gang intend paying a visit to every part of the county of Surrey, we trust this notice will put the inhabitants upon their guard against their proceedings. In the county of Gloucester crime is said to be diminishing in an extraordinary degree. Last year the commitments to the county gaol were 150 less than those of the four preceding, and this year the diminution is still greater. SUBTERRANEOUS BUILDING.—III scooping out the line of the railway on the north-east side of the moss of Restennet, about a mile from Forfar, the workmen disco vered a building, several feet from the surface, of singular con struction, and great antiquity. The form of the ild ing, so far as the breadth of the railway uncovers, is cir cular, and, at first sight, seemed to consist of vast masses of land stones thrown rudely together from no perceivable motive or design ; bnt, on removing a quantity of stones, an aperture was discovered, about four feet in width, and nearly five in depth, which seems . to have been carried the entire circle (about 50 feet) of the building, and to have gradually widened as it receded from the moss side. But this part being still covered with the thick sloping bank of earth, which is not likely to be removed, its real di mensions cannot be correctly ascertained. The sides of this subterraneous cave are supported with huge whinstones, placed on end, which must have been brought from a dis tance with immense labour. The roof consists of long stones, partly granite and sand stone, placed transversely. Above these are a number of large smooth stones, crammed endways, which bear some resemblance to the convex side of an arch before the interstices are filled up. No chisel, hammer, or cement had been used in the erec tion of this lonely dwelling. A number of the stones which have been taken out by the workmen are of a dark, smoky colour ; but, no certain marks of fire have been observed upon any of them. Several parts of a hand-mill (quern, anciently used for grinding corn), found among the rubbish, is the only domestic utensil that has as yet been discovered. Caledonian Mercury. Professor Huffland, in a letter of recent date, gives a most extraordinary case of a tradesman who, impelled by a succession of misfortunes, and absolutely destitute of the means of procuring food, retired to a sequestered spot in a forest, and there resolved to starve himself to death. He put this determination in force September 15th, and was found on the 3d of October (18 days) still living, although speechless, insensible, and reduced to the last stage of de bility. A small quantity of liquid was given him, after which he expired. By his side was found a pocket-book and pencil, with which he had contrived to keep a daily journal of his state and sufferings, and in which he had per severed till the 29th of September. On the 26th he com plains of his feet being dead, and of being distracted by thirst ; he was too weak to crawl to a neighbouring spring, and yet dreadfully susceptible of suffering. The 28th of September was the last day on which he made any memo randum. He had been a respectable tradesman, once pos sessing good property, of which he had been deprived by sad misfortunes and the rankest villainy. A new way of settling disputed accounts occurred on Monday. Mr. Johnson, ironmonger, called on Mr. Coultas, brazier, to come to a settlement of some disputed accounts between them, to which Mr. Coultas replied by sending him a very laconic challenge, which, after the most approved Hibernian principle, he delivered himself and a brown paper parcel at the same time. The iron monger first opened the powder-smelling epistle and then the par c el, which, to his consternation, contained a pair of terrific bell-nosselled horse-pistols, with the intimation that he was to take his choice of the deadly weapons. Mr. Johnson replied to the gallant brazier by a warrant, who, before the mayor, pleaded intoxication as an excuse. The other man of metal refused to allow the plea, and the man of brass was held to bail in 401. to keep the peace. Mr. Johnson asked what he was to do with the pistols ? The Magistrate said if he kept them they could not be reco vered from him, and the complainant took them home with him. Mr. Coultas said he had borrowed them, and left 51. as a deposit, and he must say ho did not receive satisfac tion.—Leicester Chronicle. ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC AF- FAIRS IN NORWAY. (From the Scotsman.) [We request attention to the following communication, which comes from a well-informed person in Christiana, and relates to matters in which the freedom and happiness of a moral, intelligent, and high-spirited people are involved. There are strong reasons for thinking that the Swedish Go vernment has a plan in agitation for subverting the liberties of Norway ; and it is of much importance that the sympa thies of the people of Britain should be awakened to the dangers which menace the only free people in the north of Europe. What happens in Norway is very little heard of elsewhere ; and it is probably the general ignoranCe of its affairs prevailing in other countries which has encouraged Charles John to adopt the very questionable line of conduct described below.] CHRISTIANA, OCT. 1836.—1 t is believed that the legi timate Sovereigns desire much that the King and the aris tocracy of Sweden had a plausible excuse for extinguishing the too liberal constitution of Norway, which, during the twenty-two years it has existed, has improved the condition of the people, and the financial state of the country so evi dently, that the Swedish and Danish nations, and even the lower parts of Germany, begin to desire similar rights of legislation. The visit of the Swedish Minister, Count Withistidt, to the British and French Courts, is supposed to have been for the purpose of sounding whether these ca l i - binets would permit the extinction of liberalism in Norway, and the incorporation of the country with Sweden. The sudden dissolution of the Storthing in July is looked upon as a snare in which the Storthing, it was expected, would have mingled itself, in the heat of the moment, at a measure so obviously injurious to the business of the country. The three months during which the Storthing sits suo jure expire in April, but in general a prolongation until autumn, under the regal authority, has been found necessary. The Stor thing had so many important propositions made by the Exe cutive to take into consideration, that the budget and other matters of consequence had not passed when it was sud denly dissolved, either from a fit of childish impatience, or with deep design, expecting that the Storthing would, in the irritation of the moment, declare itself permanent, or take some other unconstitutional step, and thus afford a plausible pretext for interference. The moderation and firmness of the Storthing completely baffled the design of the Swedish Cabinet. By the constitutional law a dissolution must be notified three days before it takes ,place, that any bills in progress may be passed—and also, by the same law, the Storthing may demand the protocol of the Norwegian Cabinet or Council of State ; a division of this council attends the King at_ Stockholm, and one of their number, Count Lovenskiold, is the Minister for Norwegian affairs. It ap peared by the protocol that the other members of the coun cil at Stockholm had remonstrated against the dissolution as unnecessary, this session not having been so long as that of many previous Storthings, and the interests of the coun try requiring that many of measures in progress should not be postponed. Count Lovenskiold was of course the responsible author of the measure, and the Storthing, with great prudence, avoided the direct collision with the Royal authority which an impeachment of the Minister for giving to the King advice inimical to the interests of the country would have produced. They impeached him for the minor offence of neglecting to protest against the injurious mea sure adopted by the Executive, and for which offence re moval from office is not the necessary punishment. The impeachment was made by the unanimous vote of the Odel sting, or Lower House, before the Regi-Ret Court which, as fixed by the Constitution, consists of a committeb of the Lagthing, or Upper House, and of the Hoisste-Ret Court of Law, which is a constituent branch of the State. The accused has the right of challenging and rejecting a certain number of the members of this Regi-Ret Court, as in our jury trial ; the Court first hear counsel on the competency and relevancy of the Court and indictment, and then ap point the actor, or counsel for the prosecution, and the defensor, or counsel for the defence. This trial took place in September, and excited great interest, not merely in Scandinavia, but throughout the Continent ; it being an unheard-of event, except in England, that a royal favourite should be brought to trial before a constitutional court by a legislative body. The case was conducted with great eloquence and powerful reasoning ; the Minister was de clared guilty of neglect of duty, and a fine of one thousand dollars imposed. The Swedes and Germans pretend to be amused at the idea of a fine of paltry amount being awarded as the proper punishment of a Minister of State, for a se rious breach of duty—they want the constitutional feeling which prevails in Norway, and which makes the real punish ment to consist in the declaration of guilt by the National Court ; and that declaration marked by the imposition of a fine. The Norwegians say that they have vindicated the principle of the responsibility of Ministers, have done so constitutionally and moderately, and with the utmost cau tion to avoid collision with the Executive in regard to its choice of Ministers. To appease the unpopularity raised by this false stop, the King has appointed a Norwegian to be Stadtholder, but it is an office of little real weight. The meeting of the extraordinary (which differs from the ordinary Storthing in that it cannot initiate any measure, but merely considers what is laid before it by the Execu tive) takes place to-morrow, and will attract much notice on the Continent. It is very important to the people of Nor way that their existence as an independent state should be known in Britain, and that their free constitution should be under the guardianship of the Liberal party, and secured by the feelings of the people of England. They deserve, in truth, as much as the Greeks or Swiss, our public support and sympathy. We have this week been almost deluged by rain, which since Tuesday evening has continued up to the pre sent moment with little or no intermission ; the consequence is that every path is overflooded. Those persons who have come from the country represent the roads as entire sheets of water, while from the interior of the country we are in formed that the fall is snow. The Tweed is greatly en larged, and aided by high tides, much loss has been sustain ed on the adjacent haughs where crops of potatoes have been wholly swept away. A heavy sea is also rolling at the mouth of the harbour—all combining to render the present season as disagreeable as possible.—Berwick Ad vertiser. The Kelso Mail of Thursday says with regard to the weather in that neighbourhood—This part of the country has again been laid under snow to a considerable depth. The storm commenced at an early hour on Wed nesday morning, and continued with little intermission till the afternoon. During a great part of this time, much of the snow melted as it fell. CAPTAIN GIIAIIAM'S CHILD.—In the last voyage of His Majesty's ship Firefly to Malta, an occur rence transpired which is almost a subject for romance. There was on board, besides a great number of others' Captain Graham, of the army, with his lady and three children, proceeding to join his regiment in Malta. One fine day the nurse took the youngest child in her arms, went on deck, aad, seating herself against the gangway, looking out oa the water. Whilst in this position the vessel suddenly lurched, the bolt which fastened the gangway slipped from its place, and the nurse with her innocent charge were in a moment struggling with the waves. The passengers and seamen were at this crisis be low deck dining—the watch on board heard the shrieks of the gasping nurse and child, and in instant sprung to the life-buoy at the stern, but unfortunately the cordage was so entangled, that he could not cist it into the sea. The man at tha wheel had by this time left his station, and or dered the vessel to be stopped, and was loudly shouting " Pas sengers overboard." A simultaneous rush to the stairs now took place amongst the passengers below, and in a short time the decks were covered. Amongst them were the unfortunate parents of the drowning infant. One wild shriek burst from the lips of the agonized mo ther—a convulsive tremor overpowered her feelings, and she was immediately taken below, raving fear fully at her loss. The stunned father gazed on his young offspring floating away in the firm grasp of its nurse, and could do nothing of avail for its recovery. While this affecting scene was going on, attempts were being made to get out a boat,lbut here again some ropes were so connected with it, that a long time elapsed before the intended help could be rendered available. At length the boat was shoved off, and away the anxious crew has tened to rescue the nurse and child, who by this time was about half a mile distant from the steamer. The clothes of the nurse had buoyed her up, and though nearly insensible, she still retained h er d eat hlik e grasp on th e al most expiring child ; b u t j us t as t h ey h a d come w ithin hail, the poor woman's senses had entirely forsaken her, and she loosened her hold of the child, who now floated away a long distance apart. The boat's crew by this time came up with the floating body of the nurse, whose perception returned, and her first exclamation was—" For God's sake, save the child—d on 't m i n d me ." A few mi nutes afterwards both nurse and child, so mercifully res cued, were received on board the steamer ; and when they were again safe, the whole on board gave three hearty cheers for their almost miraculous preservation. Medical aid was promptly administered, and the delighted parents seemed once more to be happy- But, alas ! the following day their young child died. Two hundred new cabriolets and omnibuses are now building for the metropolis, by an association. Eighteen will b e ready thi s wee k, an d th e d r ivers will all wear splendid liveries. The novelty in the construction of Hansom's pa tent safety cabriolets has increased their number to thirty ; but the height of the wheel is not calculated for the wear and tear of L on d on stree t s , as their frequent breakage evinces ; from which circumstance, and their destruction to the horses from their weight, their numbers must decrease. The drivers are expected to carry home to their emp l oyers 21s. per di em , an d t h ose w hi c h open with a door behind, 235. per diem ; yet instances do occur teat a cab goes out in the morning and has not the success of a fare all day, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor. 28. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FORBES. This was a motion by way of appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor, which res'.rained the defendants, who are five magistrates of Berkshire, from cutting away the wooden joists of Datchet Bridge. . The justices of Berk shire and Buckinghamshire having undertaken to repair the bridge at Datchet, surveyors were appointed, and they recommended that the new works should be iron instead of wood. The justices adopted the recommendation of the surveyors, but the ratepayers of Buckinghamshire, being dissatisfied with this determination, they, in the name of a gentleman named Tindal, obtained the injunction. It was now contended that the question was one so purely local that the Court should not interfere. Mr. JACOB was heard against the injunction. Jr. TEED was about to follow on the same side, when his Lordship rose. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nor. 28. DUKE V. WHITMORE. Mr. W. H. WATSON, for the plaintiff, stated that this was an action brought to recover a sum of 401. claimed upon a guarantee of !indemnity. The plaintiff, a law sta tioner, resided in Chancery-lane, and the defendant was an attorney of considerable practice. Some time since a person named Ward was indicted for being a common bar retor, in other words a vexatious promoter of law-suits. It was necessary to procure bail for Ward, and the defendant applied to the plaintiff to become one of the bail. The plain tiff declined, saying that he was a man with a large family, and that it would make his wife unhappy if she knew that he had become bail for any one. The defendant, h ow e v er, still pressed him upon the subject, and the plaintiff still he sitating about the matter, he consented at last to indem nify the plaintiff against any loss that might occur. Ward did not perform the condition of the recogniznnces into which he had entered, and the plaintiff, as one of the bail, was obliged to pay half the amount of those recognizances to the Crown. The indemnity was in these words, " I hereby consent and agree to save harmless and indemnify Mr. George Duke against all liability in respect of his bo coming bail in the prosecution of Mr. Ward." The de fendant had pleaded first that he did not make this agree ment—a plea which would at once be put an end to by the proof of the defendant's signature to the instrument. The defendant had also pleaded that the agreement was void, under the statute of frauds. That objection would not prevent the plaintiff from recovering. After hearing evidence, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 28. REES AND ANOTHER V. OVERTON. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, the owners of a vessel called the Hymen, to recover the sum of 321., the balance of an account, which was in the possession of the defendant, who was a ship and insurance broker. The defendant pleaded, as a set off, commission which was due to him, and the case turned entirely upon the question of the defendant's right to the brokerage which he claimed. The CHIEF JUSTICE► summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 331. WINSHURST V. LUCESNE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a ship builder and merchant, against the defendant, who was the owner of the brig Cambria, to recover 71/. 15s. for repairs done to the brig in 1834. The defendant had paid into Court 44/. 155., so that the dispute between the parties was only as to the sum of 27/. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 271. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nor. 28. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. An old man, in a state of decrepitude, upwards of eighty years of age, named Richard Allen, applied upon his peti tion to be discharged. He was unopposed. The insolvent was assisted into the box, and ordered to be sworn to the schedule without a single interrogatory. His schedule con tains but one deht of M., out of which 6!. was for law costs, and the residue, 51., for rent of a cottage at Ealing, due to a female named Nicholls, which cottage he alleges in the schedule he had rented forty-seven years, and only owed her a balance of Si. He was taken in execution on the 27th of August, and had since that period been an in mate of Whitecross-street Prison. His reason for not filing his petition earlier was that he had hoped his detaining creditor would have accepted 21. 10s., the sum offered for his discharge by the governor (Mr. Barratt). That sum had been expended in prosecuting his proceeding in this Court. The schedule further showed the receipt of 2s. 6d. a week from Ealing parish, and his insolvency had been occasioned by his being past labour, and upwards of eighty years of age. He had been an agricultural labourer. Mr. Commissioner Law ordered the poor old man to be dis charged forthwith. . _ He seemed unconscious of the proceedings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Yesterday William Osborne, a lad, was brought before Mr. Alderman CowAN for re-examination, touching the dath of the boy William Hayes, who was drowned in the Thames on Thursday afternoon. At the first examination the prisoner stated that he invited the deceased to go with him in the boat from Hungerford-stairs to Blackfriars, where they were to take in a boy named Tom Savory ; that when off the coal-wharf next Blackfriars Bridge the boat ran foul of a barge and overturned ; that Hayes sunk, and that prisoner alarmed a coal-heaver, who dragged for the body for an hour without success. The father of the deceased now stated that particular inquiry had been made at all the wharfs on each side of the river, but he could not learn that any cry for help had been heard on Thursday afternoon, nor that any coal-heaver had dragged for the body or heard of any accident. He did not suppose that the prisoner had wilfully caused the death of his child ; but his concealment of the spot where it occurred was suspicious. Williams, the constable, had inquired at the houses where the drags are kept, and was sure that the prisoner's state ment was entirely false. Mr. Alderman COWAN asked the prisoner where he went to after he left the wharf? The prisoner went home to his mother in the York-road, Lambeth. Mr. Alderman COWAN asked him if he told his mother what had happened ? Prisoner said no ; he forgot it. Mr. Alderman CowAN asked, with some astonishment, if it were possible that he could so soon forget the shock ing death of a play-fellow ? The prisoner answered, yes. His mother stepped forward, and said he was not right in his mind. Joseph Still, the Waterman who owned the boat, said he knew the prisoner, and was aware he was not of sound mind. Mr. Alderman COWAN remanded the prisoner till to morrow, and directed the constable to take him to point out the wharf where he landed. BOTV-STREET. Yesterday afternoon John Tull,; respectably-dressed middle-aged man, was brought up in the custody of Fall, the officer, charged with having feloniously embezzled moneys to the amount of about 4001., the chief part the property of J. Romilly, Esq., the Chancery Barrister, and the remainder belonging to R. Romilly, Esq., the cousin of that gentleman. Remanded till Wednesday. UNION-HALL. Yesterday John Winter, a dealer in furs, was brought before the Magistrates, charged with excessive cruelty to a dog, for the purpose of procuring its skin. Thomas Hawes, a policeman of the R. division, on Saturday afternoon re ceived information that a man was in the act of skinning a live dog at the rear of a public-house called the Feathers, in Bermondsey. He immediately repaired to the spot, and saw the defendant deliberately at work, with a fine dog between his legs, stripping it of its skin. He had a sharp-pointed knife in his hand, with which be had made an incision from its throat to the lower part of the belly, the skin from which on each side he had drawn upwards, and placed over its back, so as to leave the flesh bare right and left. The fore paws of the animal were also divested of the skin, and although it must have suffered very great agony under such a brutal operation, yet it made no noise, but trembled with pain while undergoing the process. The moment the policeman saw the fellow in the act he interfered, and asked him how he could be have so brutally to a dumb animal, when the reply was that the dog was his own, and that he had a right to do what he pleased with it. The dog at this time pre sented a spectacle of the most revolting description, for the moment it got out of the hands of its cruel tormentor it began to run about divested of half its skin, and as it was quite evident that it could not survive the atrocity of its brutal owner the policeman destroyed it without loss of time, and took the defendant into custody. The defendant afterwards said that he intended to have skinned the dog for the purpose of procuring the fur, which was rendered more valuable when it was taken off the animal alive. The Magistrate said that if the defendant had wanted the skin of his dog he ought at all events to have destroyel the animal before he commenced the cruel operation of skinning it. The defendant said that it was a common practice to skin animals alive, so that the fur might retain its natural gloss, and that he was only in the act of doing that which was done by many others when he was taken into custody. He added that he considered it a hard case that he s hould have been taken into custody for doing what he liked with his own property. The Magistrate said that the very defence made by the fellow showed that he was of a brutal disposition ; and to show him that the law did not permit such acts of cruelty to be committed with impunity he should be fined 40s. The defendant would not pay the fi ne , and again ex . ....--------- claimed against the hardship of not being allowed to do what he liked with his own. The Magistrate immediately sentenced him to be impri soned fourteen days in default of paying the penalty. WORSIIIP-STREET. A young man of the name of Jones was placed at the bar on a charge of having been found incapable of taking care of himself. He was dressed in a butcher's smock-'rock and his feet protruded through his shoes. Mr. BROUGHTON asked if any one knew the prisoner? Inspector Brindley said that the prisoner's father live. in Finsbury-square, and was a physician of very consider able practice. The prisoner was educated for the medical profession, but intoxication had brought him to the deplor able state in which he at present appeared. Mr. BROUGHTON inquired of the prisoner in what way he supported himself? The prisoner replied that his father . was dead, and that his mother allowed him 19 s. a week for board and lodging, on which he depended. The policeman said that on taking off the prisoner's hat at the station-house, there was inside twenty cigars, one of which was lighted. Mr. BROUGHTON discharged the prisoner. LOUIS NAPOLEON BUONAPAR Prince Louis Buonaparte has sailed from L'Orient for the United States. It appears that contrary winds and the roughness of the sea had alone delayed his departure. 0a the 21st, after the arrival of several estafettes from Paris , the weather being less unfavourable, the Andromide frigate was towed out by the Tartare steam-boat. The frigate reached the citadel of Port Louis at,two o'clock, P.M., when Louis Buonaparte came on board in a boat. The Maritime Prefect, and Rear-Admiral Ducrest de Villeneuve, awaited his arrival incognito, An immense crowd had assembled to witness the departure. At five P.M., the frigate was out of sight, conveying away the hopes of the partisans of an empire. We subjoin the translation of a letter written at Paris by young Louis to his mother, on the night of !be 11th of this month, under the eyes of the Prefect of Pollee. Louis had just arrived from Strasburg, and was at that moment detained at the Prefecture de Police ; the Duchess de St. Lou was at Viry, unaware of being at so short s distance from her son. This letter reached her only on the 18th :—" My dear Mother—l recognize in the step You have taken all your tender affection. You have thought of the danger that threatened me, but you have not thought a my honour, which obliged me to share the fate of the com panions of my adversity. It has been to me a deep sorrow to desert men whom I had led to their ruin, when o:1Y presence and dispositions might have influenced the jury in their favour. I wrote to the King, praying him to cot a glance of goodness upon them ; it is the only favour that can touch me. lam departing for America, but my dea r mother, if you wish not to aggravate my sorrow, I entreat you r follow mo.not. - ,The idea of making my mother pr ticipate in my exile from Europe would be in the estimat!on • of the world an uneffaceable stain, and to my heart a g alling pain. lam going to America to create myself, like Achilles Murat, an existence ; I require a new interest to render that residence agreeable to me. I pray you, dear mallow' to see that the Strasburg prisoners may want nothing ; take care of the two sons of Colonel Vaudrey, who are at Par's with their mother. I should easily make up my mind, f"- knew of the lives of my other companions of misfortu ne , being spared ; but to have upon my conscience the death of those brave soldiers is a bitter sorrow, which can never be effaced. Farewell, my dear mamma, receive my thanks for all the marks of your tenderness ; return to ArenenhorP but do not come and join me in America. It would render me too unhappy. Farewell, receive my tender einbraces. I shall ever love you with all my heart. " Your tender and respectful son, N. L. fl• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS ,AT THE CUE' TOM-HOUSE, Nov. 28. The William Joliffe, Middleton, from Calais ; Harlequ in ' Jones, Boulogne ; Attwood, Strannack, Rotterdam ; JoboloT Calleson, Altona ; Emanuel, Salveson, Dram ; Delavr Fould, Hamburgh ; Hibernia, Dennie, Jersey ; Britanel' Fox, Ostend; Lark, Stevens, Seville ; Mary, Cordier ! .. ll 9: werp ; Active, Meyer, Memel • Star, Smith, Jersey; Mari Witt, Dantzic ; Pink, Whitnall, Dunkirk; Flo r a, Breckwei7 Eckenford; Joseph, Lowe, Guernsey; Viscount Down, P at ," Stettin ; Anna Maria, Backhouse, Helselssflesh Young, St. Petersburgh; Alexander, M'Arthnr, Acorn, Peffrey, Gothenburgh ; Magnet, Cole, Valparai so ' John Brooks, Adams, ditto ; Newcastle, Dakes, St. Peters burgh; Edward, Zeplein, Latia ; Lavina, Brown, St. Pe,,tt.r burgh ; Laura Maria, Matson, Gothenburg ; V o yager,. il l ; ton, Riga; Nestor, Climis, Bombay; Stinevant, A„ L ic e River St. Lawrence; Tuscan, Stayers, South 1, " 4. 0 Fishery; Unity, Cater, Rio Janeiro; Leda, M'Leod, CaP of Good Hope; Britannia, Mitchell, Cadiz; Favourite, Silo' mons, Archangel. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. The Rosanna, Munro, for Demerarl; Harlequin, Cheioe: Singapore ; Vragos, Obiloveck, Trieste ; Caledonia, whit tingham, Hamburgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Hopewell, Parr a tt, f or J ama i ca ; S ta ti ra , Baker, ditto; King George, Cayner, Ostend. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. i t. The Hoope, Newland, for Workum ; Eli za b e th, Brecksf° l " - Baltic ; Peylen, Mieldsen, Christiansand; Isis, Brantoletb, Allenberg ; Maria, Fissen, Leer ; Babett e , K ron i g , St: Übe s ' Hope, Cousens, Harlingen. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, Nov. 27. • The South America, from New York, sailed the Ist inst'," John T ay l or , L uce New York, sailed the 3d inst. !..• , 11 1 3 2 ' Walker, Smyrna; ' Mercury, Monto Video; Forth, Wi"'" ° son, Campeachy. TELEGRAPHED. 1„, • 0 ; Off Point Lynas, inward-bound, the Dart, from Po st Lord Stanley. Off Great Ormshead, inward-bound, the James, Le m Quebec; Forth. East of the Floating Light, inward -b°°l3 the Mary, from Trieste. , ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG.—Many of our r•' „ er9 are not aware that this celebrated German newspaPeriti identical with the Augsburg Gazette ; the latter being 00 general appellation among foreigners. Its original ~1 19 st signifies General Gazette; and, it is publi s hed, dali..oo, Augsburg in Bavaria. It is by far the best German P e e t , paper, and, it is particularly rich in its information resP e of ing the affairs of Italy and the East. Its summary Of i 5 publications, after each half-yearly book-fair, at Lell* e ' re . excellent. Baron Cotta, the [proprietor, has regular e r ' i t spondents in Constantinople, in all the capitals ani.'l bs cities of Europe, and in the United States of Manic& Int o Allgenwine Zeitung has now existed upwards o f fortr or years. Like all German newspapers, it is small in size gof pared with those of Britain and America ; but is course, at a low price. Baron Cotta has recently l e s h; blished another daily paper (Das Ausland), at M il ;0 which contains accounts of matters pertaini n g to f° r "" countries only. t oU, On Thursday night a most desperate affray t° place between the gamekeepers of H. B rown ing, r' s , „fi ';‘'se Saxham Hall, and a body o f poac h ers. Th e stru gg'„ a si long and bloody. Three of the keepers arc cut in a co, frightful manner ab o ut the head, and one of the Pn ae lsor named Frost, is so much injured that it was though t n ob gerous to remo ve hi m f rom the 'West Suffolk o°sr i to where he is no w lyi ng . Th ree o f t h e poac h ers w as ta, Bury yesterday morning, an d were comm it te d for tri B m Supllc Chronicle. The Bank of France, an institution evi us ice at Parisian, has established but t wo b ranc h e s—the ° , s no t St. Etienne, and the other at Troyes ; and there P i r : o sre more than five or six local banks throughout the 86 ments.—British and Foreign Review. PRIZE CUP S.—New and Second-hand PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices,. ae t se e reg'•;, may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and 1 3- 0 0: 1131 ,4 T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 4 7, , c i e d" London. A Sheet of Drawings of Cups will be f° — post, as a single letter, in answer to a post-paid applicatiot_>, • ------ BLUTHS. fCAP On the 24th inst., in George-street, Limerick, the lady °- Saunders, Royal Horse Artillery, of a son. 0 borl - On the 26th inst., the lady of E. Williamson, Esq ., f str O eet, Eaton-square, of a son and heir. use n the 27th inst., at Livermere Park, the lady of C. -- r 1% ' °- . Es On „ q., of a son. i f f it , the 26th inst., at Woolwich, the lady of Lieut. L. " Y the Royal Artillery, of a son. f On the Bth ult., at St. John's, New Brunswick , t he 10A-Y c ' t P' tha tain Charles Dalton, commanding the Royal Artill er y in vince, of a daughter. o f Ciren ceser On the 23d inst., the lady of Mr. AI. W. Bayly, place, of a son MARRIED. ol d , ' On the 21st., at Edinburgh , Mr. Thomas Turner, We st - sot' field, London, to Ann, third daughter of the late James Gunn' of Forces. T . cd Vstj On the 26th inst., at C la p ton, Charles Frederick Webev".' of Hackney, to Mary , t hird dau g hter of Daniel Birkett, id"' Clapton. , T fole t Richer.bie , On the 26th inst. , at Bau g hurst, Hants, the Rev. second son of Sir Peter Pole, Bart., to Elizabeth Anne, clailg of R. Elmhirst , Es q ., of Cleathorpe, Lincolnshire. oali On the 24th ins t., at Glas g ow, Henry Gauger, Esn., of Es4.' L to Mrs. Ann e Jane Fullarton, dau g hter of - A. Graam , Milton -place, Glasgow. ciOnn the e e 2 2 1 8 s t t h in in s s t t., aged 46 airs. the beloved and e e% ei' lent wife of Mr. 0. Smith, in d' ' T OP Grey, of that place Esq., of per Sta;ford s 18, a 7 1 ' On 2 • treet. the,-h i t - M •gvet Irbbert age 0 0 ns •at Barnes,rnes A rs. al - 1 ~ Tho On the ' 26th inst., at Ramsgate , Lady Grey, wife of Sir agedcoGeeorigalei; the fourth son of P. 1144 On the 23d inst., at Sidrnouth, Captain T. P. De U, aged 81. . Ofr ig. LondonrPrinied and-Pubii 1---i-e-ds by gURDO YOUNG, cool 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in th a of liddleam—Tuesday, November 29, 1036. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1836.